The first set of enabling legislation paving the way for universal healthcare in South Africa has been gazetted by Cabinet, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced. ... Read more »
In vitro fertilization is a process of fertilization where the egg is harvested and combined with sperm outside the body, in a laboratory, and once fertilized, is placed back into ... Read more »
Lack of safe water is a growing problem everywhere. In poorer countries, the risk is massive. The World Health Organization found that in Nigeria - Africa's most populous nation - ... Read more »
Doctors Without Borders has welcomed the South African National Department of Health's announcement that it would use bedaquiline, a promising new oral medicine, instead of ... Read more »
The Democratic Republic of Congo has extensive experience in successfully containing Ebola outbreaks (the one which was reported in May is the ninth since the first in 1976). This ... Read more »
The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has released figures revealing that the number of deaths due to HIV-Aids has dropped from 10 000 per year to 4 000 ... Read more »
Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited form of anaemia - a condition in which there are not enough healthy red blood cells to transport adequate oxygen throughout the body. Nigeria ... Read more »
Taxpayers may have lost close to U.S.$69 million in the procurement of 37 CT scanners at an inflated cost of over .S.$2 million per unit, when it ordinarily costs between ... Read more »
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect about 1.5 billion of the world's poorest. That's more than one-sixth of the global population. Digital technology could turbo-boost ... Read more »
The Senate is considering new legislation that will ensure that elderly people and people living with disabilities will be able to get free health care. Read more »
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